UID:
edocfu_9959233250202883
Format:
1 online resource (179 p.)
ISBN:
1-136-55096-8
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0-415-86669-3
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1-315-01802-0
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1-136-55089-5
Series Statement:
Witchcraft, folklore and mythology ; I
Content:
The ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book. The story of rainmaking ceremonies begins with personal experience and then draws on the work of Japanese folklorists to record significant local variations and to construct a general account of the history and purpose of the ceremony.〈BR〉 Field research was conducted during study visits to Kyoto, to Tenri in Nara Prefecture and to Shiga Prefecture.〈BR〉 The chapter order follows the year cycle, from New Year via early summer purificatory festivals and rainmaking ceremonial to the feas
Note:
First published in 1963.
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Cover ; Japanese Rainmaking ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Preface ; Table of Contents ; One Introduction ; Two The New Year ; Three Births, Marriages and Deaths ; Four Gion Festival ; Five Bon ; Six Rainmaking ; Seven Tenri and Yamato ; Eight Taboo ; Nine The Village Year
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-33069-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-99697-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315018027
